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 V. We adore Thee O Christ and we praise Thee.
R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou
hast redeemed the world.

JESUS, being stripped of His garments, was
violently thrown upon the cross and His
hands and feet nailed thereto. In such excruciating
pains He remained silent, because it
pleased His Heavenly Father. He suffered patiently,
because He suffered for me. How do I act
in sufferings and in troubles? How fretful and
impatient, how full of complaints I am!

O Jesus, gracious Lamb of God, I renounce
forever my impatience. Crucify, O Lord, my
flesh and its concupiscence; scourge, scathe
and punish me in this world, do but spare me
in the next. I commit my destiny to Thee, resigning
my self to Thy holy will: may it be done
in all things!